Clarion Events
Informa changes the game again
Eight years after Informa's audacious £4bn acquisition of UBM catapulted it into trade show leadership, they've done it…
Is the next trade show ‘big bang’ on the way?
Scarcely four years after the end of the pandemic, this has been the year of the trade show…
‘Events future belongs to builders’
In 2017, after previously spending 15 years at Reed Expo, US exhibitions entrepreneur Greg Topalian joined Clarion Events…
How CloserStill will be trade show champion
After a year during which the world’s third largest trade show organiser, Clarion Events, has seemingly tried and…
Could there be a surprise Clarion deal?
It's almost five months since we reported that Blackstone's planned auction of its UK-based Clarion Events, the world's…
How I do it: Lisa Hannant, Clarion Events
Lisa Hannant is group CEO of the London-based, Blackstone pe-owned Clarion Events, the world's third largest trade show…
China: a huge shadow over trade shows
The economic upheaval of recent weeks, caused by the US government’s spate of tariffs on international trade, has…
Will 2025 be the M&A rebound?
In the US, investment bankers are predicting a big year in M&A. Stockmarkets are near all-time highs with…
Will CloserStill be a £1bn trade show star?
The world's third largest trade show organiser, Clarion Events, may provide a benchmark for 'post-pandemic recovery' valuations when/if…
Trade shows rebound strongly but…
The world’s three largest trade show organisers are expected to achieve aggregate revenues of £3.4bn this year - some…